OTAGO LAND BOARD

Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 13

OTAGO LAND BOARD

Tlie usual meeting of the Otago Land Board was attended on the 12th by Messrs RT. Sadd (chairman), T. A. Moinro, James Smith, C. J. Index*, George Livingstone. Mr C. F. Archibald, secretary to the board, was appointed! auctioneer in terms of section 67 (b), Land Act, 1908. APPLICATIONS TO TRANSFER. Port section 145, block 11, Otepopo, 4a lr, Frederick Charles Kelcher to John Bates. Approved subject to revision of rent if necessary. Area opposite section 3a, Duncan Settlement, Dunedin and East Taieri, one acre (ci*ib site), Jos. Benjamin Snell to Christina Reid. —Approved at increased rental. Run 501, Tuapeka County, 4495 acres, Harold G. Cuthbertson to John Haig.—Approved. SURRENDERS. Cancellation of an area in block XX, Tuapeka East district, at present lielcDby Arthur E. Tie.—Cancelled from September 13. Surrender of section 102, block VIII, Shotover S.D., held by Niels C. Poulson. —Accepted. Albert Wilson desired to surrender his education reserve lease over section 17, block AAi, town of Herbert.—Lease to be determined ; ranger to fix rental and yearly lease offered to Andrew Wilson. R. Ridd gave notice that lie would! not renew lease of section 11 (XII), Benger S.D., held on miscellaneous license. —Determined as from January 1. RENEWALS. The following pastoral leases were renewed, rents to be fixed by ranger: —Pastoral license No. 1291, held by Alexander Win. Soott (21 years); pastoral run No. 23, Lake, held by Bessie Paterson Baird (21 years); pastoral run No. 51c, Tuapeka, held by Robert G. Cotton (eight years); pastoral run license No. 1411, held by George Edmund Woodheadi (10 years). R. L. Acton-Adams’s lease of Wilden Run, area 56,577 acres, was ex'.ended from January i, 1921, to January 1, 1922. John Beattie's license over run 226, etc., St. Balkans, was extended until the same date. LAND APPLICATIONS. Janet Carmichale Barnett applied for an occupation lease over an estimated area of five acres of nnsurveyed land’ in block XIA, Shotover district. —Granted, subject to survey. William John Clark applied for an occupation lease in exchange for liis warden’s occupation lease over section 1, block VIII, Cromwell district. —Granted at capital value of £2 10s per acre. Timothy Dunlay applied for an occupation lease over an area of four acres (approx.) opposite section 96, block 1, Teviot, district.— Provisional lease granted at capital value of £lO. J. Oliver and L. F. Brough applied to select section 10s, Poplar Grove Settlement.— Ranger to report. George Rivers applied for a year to year license over an area in town of Alexandra. — Granted at 10s per annum. William Cavanagh applied for a grazing license over an area of about two acres of mining resevr© in block AX, Tuapeka East district.—Granted on the same terms. Robert Pearson applied for a year to license over an area in block I, Teviot district, fronting hie residence site.—Granted, at 5s per annum. Peter Bayne applied for a lease of section 20, block VI, Clarendon district. —Granted, at 35s per annum. M. E. M. Francis applied for a yearly license over section 58, block I, Naseby district.—Lease renewed, rent to be fixed by ranger. Andrev/ Dalziel applied for a grazing license over section 59, block XIX, Tuapeka East district, and part of mining reserve opposite and to the north of section 59. — Year to year license granted, at £2 10s per annum. R. Russell applied for a year to year license over an area of river bed reserve opposite block VII, Maruwhenua district.—Granted, at £1 per annum, subject to determination under section 130, and to three months’ notice if required for other purposes. Y. Morris applied to have the boundary or his run 512 with Mount Pisa Run altered. —Declined. Robert Johnston applied to withdraw his application for section 92, block 11, Tiger Ilill district. —Lease cancelled. John To hi 11 applied for an area in Leaning district adjoining his present holdings section 103, block VIII (Galloway), Leaning Rock district.—Declined.